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Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

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Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, at a glance

Barangays: 2,314^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 5,089,934^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 229 urban^[4]; 2,085 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bus-bus^[5]; Jolo, Sulu; 39,070 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Linay^[6]; Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte; about 224.48 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Matatal^{[5, 7]}; Maimbung, Sulu; 19.54% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 792 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Estaca, −6.18% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

2,314 barangays, 2,251 to 2,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,251	BasakSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	370	about 32	about 11.60 km²	23.39% a year	Rural
2,252	DakayakanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	368	about 31	about 11.96 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
2,253	Bagong SilangDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	367	about 82	about 4.50 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
2,254	TunoDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	367	about 298	about 1.23 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
2,255	Upper LodiongTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	367	about 240	about 1.53 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
2,256	SeniorSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	366	about 104	about 3.53 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
2,257	GanaseLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	359	about 119	about 3.01 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
2,258	Bagong KauswaganDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	358	about 140	about 2.55 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
2,259	EbarleJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur	358	about 78	about 4.58 km²	−8.35% a year	Rural
2,260	KahayaganMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	356	about 297	about 1.20 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
2,261	MinangaSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	354	about 184	about 1.92 km²	7.48% a year	Rural
2,262	PanganuranSibutad, Zamboanga del Norte	354	about 201	about 1.76 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
2,263	Tubo-paitSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	354	about 131	about 2.71 km²	−4.87% a year	Rural
2,264	Paso RioMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	352	about 75	about 4.72 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
2,265	CabongNaga, Zamboanga Sibugay	351	about 101	about 3.49 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
2,266	DiangasBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	350	about 45	about 7.83 km²	−7.89% a year	Rural
2,267	MacalibreSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	350	about 18	about 19.41 km²	−4.60% a year	Rural
2,268	CabangcalanLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	348	about 106	about 3.29 km²	−7.79% a year	Rural
2,269	TagunDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	346	about 42	about 8.27 km²	−5.24% a year	Rural
2,270	Camp BlessingBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	345	about 92	about 3.76 km²	−6.67% a year	Rural
2,271	GuintuloanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	345	about 175	about 1.97 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
2,272	Head TipanMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	337	about 71	about 4.75 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
2,273	BacawanDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	334	about 95	about 3.53 km²	−15.22% a year	Rural
2,274	DangiPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	330	about 54	about 6.08 km²	−11.14% a year	Rural
2,275	Santa CatalinaLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	330	about 134	about 2.46 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
2,276	Mali Little BaguioImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	329	about 110	about 2.99 km²	−5.25% a year	Rural
2,277	San JuanDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	329	about 111	about 2.97 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
2,278	MabuhaySergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	328	about 40	about 8.17 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
2,279	TamurayanDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	326	about 82	about 3.97 km²	−2.86% a year	Rural
2,280	BirayanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	323	about 144	about 2.25 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
2,281	LimamawanKumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur	323	about 31	about 10.36 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
2,282	MagtingGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur	323	about 109	about 2.95 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
2,283	Banta-aoDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	321	about 42	about 7.57 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
2,284	LinaboPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	319	about 21	about 15.10 km²	−4.82% a year	Rural
2,285	Upper GumayPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	314	about 63	about 5.01 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
2,286	San JoseLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	312	about 83	about 3.75 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
2,287	New ArgaoLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	310	about 145	about 2.14 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
2,288	CapePres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	300	about 205	about 1.46 km²	−5.81% a year	Rural
2,289	GuitomBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	300	about 88	about 3.39 km²	−4.47% a year	Rural
2,290	AntoninoSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	298	about 98	about 3.05 km²	5.97% a year	Rural
2,291	BakiAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	295	about 133	about 2.22 km²	−3.07% a year	Rural
2,292	New BataanLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	293	about 87	about 3.38 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
2,293	Lower Bagong TudelaJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur	291	about 109	about 2.66 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
2,294	AgutayanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	289	about 16	about 17.67 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
2,295	Princesa SumamaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	288	about 28	about 10.40 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
2,296	Don ElenoSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	285	about 216	about 1.32 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
2,297	PenacioSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	285	about 40	about 7.06 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
2,298	New RizalSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	279	about 8	about 35.02 km²	−8.11% a year	Rural
2,299	Santa FePiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	271	about 53	about 5.15 km²	−3.54% a year	Rural
2,300	Santo RosarioTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	271	about 53	about 5.07 km²	0.54% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Zamboanga Peninsula (OpenSTAT table 0091A6DTPH8). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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